05-07-2018, 07:45 PM | #183 |
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Finally took the plunge. Lots of work but worth it. Thanks @BRZen for the inspiration!
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Looks great against the silver!
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05-09-2018, 08:25 AM | #187 | |
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05-11-2018, 05:24 PM | #189 |
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Here's some more angles of the grill after I installed the plate re-locator. Something to keep in mind as you're lining up the grill to minimize the amount you have to cut away to install the post. I got lucky, only 1 horizontal needed to be removed.
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Anyone willing to post a link to where they bought the mesh? Looks so so much better than stock imo. Seems like a cheap mod that really changes the look of the car. Both you guys said huge time consumer, but can it be done in one day? Also, what did you guys use to glue it to the bumper and how is it holding up on the roads?
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https://www.customcargrills.com/prod...rod=Brick-Mesh Looks like the other guys doing this got mesh in a different pattern, they're more of a honeycomb shape. Since mine is a '17 BRZ the front bumper is a bit different so there was no glue involved - I can't speak to what glue to use or how long that part of it takes. One thing to keep in mind though is you will most likely want to do something with the crash beam - paint, plasti-dip, something like that. It's ugly otherwise. Got my mesh grille done without doing anything to the crash beam at first and was happy with it for a bit before I got tired of looking at it and had the bumper taken off again to plasti-dip the crash beam. Here's a pic of a crash beam in stock form, before painting it. BirdTRD's post has a nice picture of the after, so you can see the mesh grille with a nice black crash beam like you'll probably want to go for. |
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For the adhesive I used JB Kwik and you'll used most...if not all of the 10 oz size. https://www.amazon.com/J-B-Weld-8270...=jb+kwik+10+oz I'll put some tips and lessons learned up in a bit. |
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Also, why are there all those tabs around the edge visible still? |
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Thought the plastidip would hold up better than paint against rock chips etc from road debris. It's just a thin coat so hopefully doesn't start to peel too quickly. The tabs are visible because that's actually what my mesh is attached to, it's not glued in like the others you've seen on here. The '17 bumper has the stock grille attached to those tabs and the grille just pops out so the mesh was basically just tied onto the tabs. Earlier model year BRZs wouldn't have had those tabs to begin with.
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this is interesting, i think i may have to do this to my brz now... My crash bar got replaced by a JDL bar and I do have a big fat intercooler.... so this may be a win win. lol
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